Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

DECATUR, ALA, April Sth. 1881.
Special Correspondent
A charter has been filed with the Sec
retary o. the State OF Tennessee and
Alabama, for the construction of the De-
catur, St. Louis and South Atlantic short
Line Railway, for great Trunk Line
from Cairo, Illinois, through Decatur,
Alabama, to point on the Alabama and
Georgia State line, to connect with the
Georgia Central and Georgia Pacific
Railway.
This line is intended to form short
line between the grain-growing region Of
the great Northwest and the South At
lantic and Gulf States. 1t Will penetrate
the rich mineral and timber regions Of
Tennessee and North Alabama concen-
trating these great resources at Decatnr
Alabama, (which has already such extra
ordinary River and Railroad transporta
tlon facilities.
The other great line chartered, is The
Decatur. Cincinnati and Southwestern
Railroad, to be constructed from Decatur
Alabama, in a NOrtheasterly direction,
through Lincoln, Bedford, Rutherford,
Wilson, Trousdale and Sumner Counties,
Tennessee, to a connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio, and the Louis>
vile and Nashville systems, iii Southern
Kentucky, with a line also into Nashville.
From Decatur the road will run in a
Southwesterly direction through the
great Warrior coal fields and yellow
pine timber regions, in the general di-
rection of Meridian, Columbus or Aber-
deem. Mississippi, depending upon hich
point may seem most feasible.
1t is understood here that these char
ters are obtained as the result OF nego-
tiations which have been pending for
weeks between Major T. G. Gordon,
President of the Decatur Land Improve
ment and Furnace Company and some
leading capitalists who are largely in
terested in the systems OF roads with
which these proposed new lines will
connect.
1t is authoratively stated that the
money to build these great lines can be
readily obtained if liberal aid can be Sc
cured from the different localities
through which the roads are to pass, and
from information obtained here, there
can be no doubt that the people will lib
orally aidas soon as systematic canvass
can be made.
Great confidence will be inspired in
the minds of the people, melting them
to cordial cooperation, when it is
known that Maj. Gordon has consented
to identity himself actively with these
enterprises. Heretofore he has known
no such word as fail His almost un-
eaualled success in inaugurating and
carving to successful conclusion, great
Railway enterprises and other projects,
may be considered guarantee that a
year or two longer will witness the con
summation Of these grand undertakings,
bringing into Tennessee and Alabama,
millions OF money and thousands OF adj
ditional good and useful citizens
A mountain Of fossilliierous red ore,
has been found within four miles OF De
catur. The ore is like that found about
Birmingham, but is from ten to twenty
per cent richer. No one thought Of the
ore being there until it was found. The
mountains are full OF it. 1t is big find
for Decatur, and the men are jubilant
this morning.
The Rome & Decatur r. R. is being
rapidly built and will reach here within
one wear. The Meridian & Decatur X. K.
also proposes to reach here in one year.
Several other Roads are being projected,
bat no decisive steps have been taken.
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